[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #69 : Smita Nagraj ma’am Board, PSIR Optional

Date of Interview: 06/02/2023, Afternoon, 2nd last to go.
Board: Smita Nagraj ma’am
Optional: PSIR
Duration: 30 minutes
Keyword DAF: volunteered in NGO
IPS

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Chairman

1. Is this NPA’s haircut? So you joined? When did you join?
2. What are the things you have liked and disliked in the training?
3. Why drill/ parade is there? What is its use?
4. Discipline – why it is important?
5. Every organisation even like UPSC needs some or other kind of discipline. So, Can drill be included to instill discipline?
6. The concept of Authorities have been declining because of human evolution and understanding. Human Psychology also plays important part in it. Do you think authority is needed? What kind of authority you like?
7. What kind of authority is disliked, In NPA?
8. So, authority should be crowd pleasing? Populist?

Member 1

1. Do people need to fear police?
2. Why police has image of like this, how you as SDPO/SP can bring change in perception.
3. But if police become frinedly to people, then criminals would also flourish, frinedly to them also?
4. What do you think about politization of police? MLA just calls and transfers circle officers. why do you think this happens?
5. Have you heard of Prakash singh judgement? What unique feature it has?
6. Why police reforms are not happening?
7. How would you bring accountability in investigation and police?

Member 2

1. You talked about discipline, why it is important in armed forces ?
2. What is unity of command?
3. Is police only responsible for superior boss, not to the people?
4. Long long question – Law and order situation-riots, shooting has been ordered but inspector doesn’t want to fire, he thinks it is not good and can cost life of people, what can be the ramifications?
5. Who decides order is legal or not, should he fire even it is costing life of people? What do you think?
6. About QUAD, I2U2 and AUKUS and how India should deal with it?

Member 3

1. ( Lady member)(called me by previous candidate’s name)
2. Have you heard about NHRC and SC guidelines on Encounters? What is it?
3. Should bail be matter of right? Why?
4. You talked about arrests, are you aware about D.K basu case guidelines?
5. What is plea bargaining?

Member 4

1. (Called me by my name and confirmed )
2. You have worked as project leader in NGO, what one thing you have done , what initiative you have taken which you are very proud of?
3. I talked about learning deficit in children, so question – what GoI is particularly doing regarding Learning Deficits?
4. We have seen cases of George Floyd and recent Similar cases. We think that this happens only in developing countries or banana republic but in USA also? . Why you think this happens?
5. But USA police is not unchecked, unaccountable, still it happens?
6. So you think training of police officer is at fault?

Thank you!

Almost everything opinion based and on Policing.
All d best!